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á-wrítan

to write out or downwrite wordsto transcribecopy in writingto state in writingto write a book, letter,to write of or about somethingto write toto write an account ofdescribeto inscribe the name of a personto write on materialcover with writingto make a symbol other than a letter

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hit oferworhte mid weaxe virum ad perscrutandos Alexandri actus, qui omnia civibus suis per tabellas scripta; et post cera superlitas enunciebat, Ors. 4, 5;S. 168, 14. to make a symbol other than a letter Þá áwrát hé Crístes róde tácen on þæs blindes mannes

Linked entry: wrítan

tíd

(n.)
Grammar
tíd, e; f.
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Voc. i. 52, 39: hora, 53, 17. marking time when, time at which anything happens, time or date of an event, time, hour Be ðam dæge and ðære tíde nán mann nát . . . Gé nyton hwænne seó tíd ys, Mk. Skt. 13, 32, 33.

Linked entry: týd

gód

(n.)
Grammar
gód, es; n.
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Ðeáh se mann ælmessan wyrce and fela tó góde gedó, 528, 29. Nán man ne déð bútan Gode nán ðing tó góde, 292, 36.

ESNE

(n.)
Grammar
ESNE, es; m.

A man of the servile class, a servant, retainer, man, youth mercēnārius, servus, vir, jŭvĕnis

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Gif man mannes esne gebindeþ, vi scillinga gebéte if a man bind [another] man's esne, let him make amends with six shillings, 88 ; Th. i. 24, 15.

leger

(n.)
Grammar
leger, es; n.

a lyingdeadsicknessdeatha coucha laira grave

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a lying Hys spéda hý forspendaþ mid ðan langan legere ðæs deádan mannes inne they squander his wealth with the long lying of the dead man in the house, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 21, 9. a lying sick or dead, sickness, death Nis ðǽr hungor ne þurst ne slǽp ne swár

Linked entries: clǽne ÁDL

ge-writ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-writ, es; n.

Something writtenwritingscriptureinscriptiona writinglettertreatisewritcharterbook

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Ic hæfde ǽr on óðre wísan awriten ymbe mín yrfe and hæfde monegum mannum ða gewritu óðfæst I had previously written in another way about my inheritance and had entrusted the writings to many men, Chart. Th. 490, 29: 541, 22

Linked entries: ge-wreot writ

mid

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Þone Hǽlend þe becóm tó mannum mid Iúdéiscum folce, Hml. S. 24, 89. Mid weálandum, Gen. 2706. Add Gestód Róme*-*burg xii winter mid miclum welum, Ors. 6, 1; S. 254, 6.

weá

(n.)
Grammar
weá, an; m.

woe misery evil afflictiontroubleevilwickedness malice

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Eal sár and sace, hungor and þurst, wóp and hreám, and weána má ðonne ǽniges mannes gemet sý ðæt hié áríman mæge, Blickl. Homl. 61, 36. Fela ic weána gebád, heardra hilda, Fins. Th. 51; Fin. 25.

Linked entries: wáwa weó

ge-swícan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swícan, ic -swíce, ðú -swícest, -swícst, he -swíceþ. -swícþ, pl. -swícaþ; p. -swác, pl. -swicon; pp. -swicen

To leave offdesiststopceaserest fromturn fromwithdrawrelinquishfaildeceivebetrayintermitteredesisterecessarequiescererequiesceredesererediscedererelinqueredeficerefallereproderewith the genitive with the dative

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Ic gedó, ðæt hira gemynd geswícþ of eallum mannum cessare faciam ex hominibus memoriam eorum. Deut. 32, 26. Geswác se wind cessavit ventus, Mt. Bos. 14, 32: Lk. Bos. 5, 4: 11, 1: Gen. 8, 22. Ic geswíce oððe ic forlǽte oððe ic me reste quiesco, Ælfc.

mǽgþ

(n.)
Grammar
mǽgþ, <b>, mǽgeþ,</b> e; f.

A collection of mǽgasa familystockraceas a technical term in the laws, relatives, kindred, the mǽgas who were living at the same time, and to whom the mǽg-lagu applied descendants of a common ancestor living at the same timea generationa tribesubdivision of a peoplea peoplenationprovincecountry

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Gegaderiaþ eów tó mǽgþum [and gange] ðæt gehlot fram mǽgþe tó mǽgþe and be manna híwrǽdenum accedetis singuli per tribus vestras, et quamcumque tribum sors invenerit, accedit per cognationes suas, Jos. 7, 14. Of Asseres mǽgþe de tribu Asser, Lk.

níþ

(n.)
Grammar
níþ, es; m.

envyhatredenmityrancorspiteill-willjealousyaction which arises from hatredstrifewarhostilitythe effect of hatredpersecutiontroublevexationannoyanceafflictiontribulationgriefevilwickednessmalice

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Paulus ehte cristenra manna, ná mid níþe ( rancorously ), swá swá ða Iudéiscan dydon, ac hé wæs bewerigend ðære ealdan ǽ, Homl. Th. i. 388, 31.

se

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D. 47, 14. 2 d Lyt manna weorð lange fægen ðæs ðe óðerne bewrencð, Prov. K. 34: Exod. 51. 3. with prep. tó Hié tó don swíðe forslagene wurdon, ꝥ hiera feáwa tó láfe wurdon, Ors. 1. 13; S. 56, 9.

ge-sprecan

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Þá hé hæfde gespecen þat hé wolde, Chr. 1048; P. 173, note I. with a personal object. to speak to a person, accost Ic gesprece sumne mann adorior, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 219, l. Tó þám burnan þe wytt unc ǽrest gesprǽcon, Hml.

sendan

(v.)
Grammar
sendan, p. sende ; pp. sended, send
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Ðæt God wolde sendan hungor and ádla on manna ceáp. Wulfst. 209, 28. to send forth, emit a sound Heofenfuglas sendaþ stefne mycle dabunt voces suas , Ps.

ge-wyrcan

(v.)
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Deádra manna byrgenna bióð oft swíðe wlitige geworhte, Past. 449, 7. to cause an object to become so and so, to change so as to have certain characteristics Hál hé gewyrcas folc his from synna hiora, Mt. L. l, 21.

LIFIAN

(v.)
Grammar
LIFIAN, leofian; p. ode

To LIVE

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Ðǽm mannum ðe be his lárum lifiaþ, 61, 13. On hwylcum geswince hié lifiaþ, 59, 25. Gif wé ða dagas fulfremedlíce for Gode lifgeaþ, 35, 25. Ða hwíle ðe wé lifgaþ hér on worlde, 35, 35.

Linked entries: leofian LIBBAN

stán

(n.)
Grammar
stán, es; m.
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</b> an image of stone :-- Se stán mǽlde for mannum (cf. ic bebeóde ðæt ðeós onlícnes word sprece, 1460; An. 731), Andr. Kmbl. 1532; An. 767. <b>II d.

Linked entry: stán-weorþung

drífan

(v.)
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Wá ðæs mannes sáwle þe þá ungemetlican hleahtras drífð innan cyrcan, 233, 26. Ðá wíglunga þe gedwǽsmenn drífað, Hml. S. 17, 101. Gif man hwæt becýpan scyle . . . warnien þá þe þone ceáp drífað ( ipsi per quorum manus transigenda sunt ), R.

ge-þingian

(v.)
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Add: to try to get favourable terms for a person, intercede, mediate. absolute Gehwylces mannes dǽda clypiað tó Gode and gewrégað oþþe geþingiað, Scrd. 20, 38. to intercede for a person Gif hwelc monn cymð, and bitt úrne hwelcne ðæt wé hine lǽden tó

DEÓRE

(adj.)
Grammar
DEÓRE, dióre; adj.

DEAR, belovedcārus, dilectus, familiāris dear of price, precious, of great value, desirable, excellent, glorious, magnificent, noble, illustrious pretiōsus, magni æstimandus, desiderabĭlis, exĭmius, gloriōsus, magnifĭcus, nobĭlis, illustris

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Dæg byþ deóre mannum day is dear to men, &nbsp;Runic pm. 24; Hick. Thes. i. 135; Kmbl. 344, 10. His se deóra sunu his dear son, Cd. 218; Th. 219, 25; Sat. 243: Exon. 76 a; Th. 286, 2; Jul. 725.

Linked entries: dýre dióre